Myron Tuman
@mtuman.bsky.social
Lit critic - writers & family trauma; 2 most recent books, THE STUTTERING SON & THE HIDDEN D.H. LAWRENCE Then there's my real passion, NO Pelicans!
@nateduncannba.bsky.social just curious - What's your best guess as to the cash value of the 2026 unprotected draft pick that the NO Pelicans traded to the Atlanta Hawks?
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
@nateduncannba.bsky.social just curious - What's your best guess as to the cash value of the 2026 unprotected draft pick that the NO Pelicans traded to the Atlanta Hawks?
@fearthebrown.bsky.social just curious - What's your best guess as to the cash value of the 2026 unprotected draft pick that the NO Pelicans traded to the Atlanta Hawks?
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
@fearthebrown.bsky.social just curious - What's your best guess as to the cash value of the 2026 unprotected draft pick that the NO Pelicans traded to the Atlanta Hawks?
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Advocates of “military Keynesianism” present it as a boon for the working class. In reality, it diverts resources away from social provision while building up a military-industrial complex with a vested interest in aggressive wars that never cease.
The Permanent War Economy Doesn’t Benefit Workers
Advocates of “military Keynesianism” present it as a boon for the working class. In reality, it diverts resources away from social provision while building up a military-industrial complex with a vested interest in aggressive wars that never cease.
jacobin.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Advocates of “military Keynesianism” present it as a boon for the working class. In reality, it diverts resources away from social provision while building up a military-industrial complex with a vested interest in aggressive wars that never cease.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Six months in, Steve, and here we are turning back on the campaign promises. And we bomb Iran on behalf of Israel.”
June 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Six months in, Steve, and here we are turning back on the campaign promises. And we bomb Iran on behalf of Israel.”
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the Democratic Party is just completely broken right now
That Clyburn thinks Andrew Cuomo is part of the future of the Democratic Party - and points to his character!!! — is the problem with the current Democratic Party leadership in a nutshell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
June 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
the Democratic Party is just completely broken right now
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This is more than possible. It's the likely outcome. You're talking about a President who reverses himself on domestic policy a half a dozen times in a single week. That's not how war works, of course, but Trump is dumb enough to believe he could proclaim it over after launching an attack.
"It’s also possible the Israelis thought their attack on Iran could jam Trump, and drag the U.S. into a larger campaign against Iran’s nuclear program, or even a regime change war. Maybe Trump wouldn’t bomb when they asked, but would if they were under attack, or if Iran fired at American forces."
Netanyahu's Aggression, Trump's Weakness, Khamenei's Confusion
Israel launched an unprecedentedly large, direct attack on Iran, sending the Middle East into it's riskiest moment in years
www.arcdigital.media
June 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is more than possible. It's the likely outcome. You're talking about a President who reverses himself on domestic policy a half a dozen times in a single week. That's not how war works, of course, but Trump is dumb enough to believe he could proclaim it over after launching an attack.
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The president of the United States in our time is not supposed to wield armed troops and even station marines on American soil because of political speech and assembly he doesn’t like, that is typically not allowed and no I don’t care if any of it is technically “legal”
June 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The president of the United States in our time is not supposed to wield armed troops and even station marines on American soil because of political speech and assembly he doesn’t like, that is typically not allowed and no I don’t care if any of it is technically “legal”
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"Swiping into the future: will China be the first to get UBI right?", my article on @medium.com
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Swiping into the future: will China be the first to get UBI right?
I find it fascinating to imagine that, in the complex and ever-shifting global technological and social landscape, it could be China —…
medium.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Swiping into the future: will China be the first to get UBI right?", my article on @medium.com
medium.com/enrique-dans...
medium.com/enrique-dans...
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A surprising voice has emerged on the right calling for Republican Rep. Randy Fine's removal from Congress:
Tucker Carlson TURNS On Republican In Expulsion Call After He Says The Unimaginable
Tucker Carlson rages at a Republican congressman Randy Fine and calls for the man to be expelled in unexpected interview. Jordan Uhl and Trae Crowder break i...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A surprising voice has emerged on the right calling for Republican Rep. Randy Fine's removal from Congress:
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UBI isn't a handout; it's a tool for economic justice and social protection. It's also an investment in human potential that enables millions of individuals and whole communities to escape poverty and create wealth, in turn boosting economies and reducing inequality. It's a win-win.
April 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
UBI isn't a handout; it's a tool for economic justice and social protection. It's also an investment in human potential that enables millions of individuals and whole communities to escape poverty and create wealth, in turn boosting economies and reducing inequality. It's a win-win.
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trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
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Vision 2029: Universal basic income, single payer healthcare, Universal pre-K to college w/ media literacy, wealth taxes, reverse Citizens United, abolish gerrymandering, proportional representation, DC statehood, automatic voter registration, nonpartisan primaries, ranked choice general elections…
The resistance needs an inspiring vision. Much of the organizing function that animates the left has been in opposition to something rather than the advocacy for a vision. It is easier to agree upon something distressing to stop than a shared vision to work towards. --Stephan Dinan
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Vision 2029: Universal basic income, single payer healthcare, Universal pre-K to college w/ media literacy, wealth taxes, reverse Citizens United, abolish gerrymandering, proportional representation, DC statehood, automatic voter registration, nonpartisan primaries, ranked choice general elections…
Absolutely fascinating stuff 👍
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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www.wealthsimple.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Absolutely fascinating stuff 👍
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New article! On depression and resilience in an autocratic America: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-black-...
The Black Place
In an autocratic America, I’ll choose my hill to die on.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
New article! On depression and resilience in an autocratic America: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-black-...
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The Jewish author/activists I'm writing about in the 1930s-1950s would approve this message! (Viva John Garfield, Guy Endore & the Emmas!)
Gut Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom to everyone who knows that the real way to combat antisemitism and build a more inclusive country for us all is to fight fascism together, not to allow Jewish safety to be weaponized by the state against other marginalized communities.
March 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Jewish author/activists I'm writing about in the 1930s-1950s would approve this message! (Viva John Garfield, Guy Endore & the Emmas!)
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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messaging for democrats to employ
March 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
messaging for democrats to employ
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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that's ~65 billion dollars. lol
JUST IN: Elon Musk's DOGE team is aiming to cut 8% from next year's defense budget, officials tell NPR.
Musk's team is expected to target the Pentagon soon, pledging cost cuts
The DOGE team is aiming to cut 8% from next year's defense budget, officials tell NPR.
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
that's ~65 billion dollars. lol
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One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
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Folks are shocked that their institutions, after professing commitments to climate justice and DEI, are now caving to Trump and scrubbing all references.
It's brutal.
And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.
It's brutal.
And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.
February 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Folks are shocked that their institutions, after professing commitments to climate justice and DEI, are now caving to Trump and scrubbing all references.
It's brutal.
And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.
It's brutal.
And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.
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American mobility has been eroded by generations of reformers seeking to reassert control over their neighborhoods and their neighbors. @yappelbaum.bsky.social reports on the progressive policies that have greatly eroded Americans’ freedom to move: theatln.tc/okhVbRi4
February 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
American mobility has been eroded by generations of reformers seeking to reassert control over their neighborhoods and their neighbors. @yappelbaum.bsky.social reports on the progressive policies that have greatly eroded Americans’ freedom to move: theatln.tc/okhVbRi4
Bold look at how the PMC is hurting the country
The Atlantic's latest cover story is out now and it is fascinating. @yappelbaum.bsky.social on why Americans stopped moving—and why that's a much bigger deal than you might realize: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Bold look at how the PMC is hurting the country
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Sarah's book, They Knew, cannot be promoted enough!
As I wrote in my book THEY KNEW: "We alternate between having a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government and a government that masks a transnational crime syndicate. Either way, it leads to the same outcome: a conspiracy against the American public."
February 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Sarah's book, They Knew, cannot be promoted enough!